Oliver Mtukudzi on Nehanda TV

HARARE - After the drama that surrounded last year’s Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival of the Arts (OMIFA), hostilities seem to have been restored once again in the Tuku household, amid revelations that his daughter, Selmor Mtukudzi and his wife Daisy Mtukudzi are organising two shows, to be held a day apart, to celebrate his life.

HARARE - Sandra Mtukudzi, the daughter of the late great musician, has revealed that she used to be forced to share a plate with the family pet by her step-mother, Daisy Mtukudzi, who made sure that she did not receive the same privileges as her siblings in the Tuku household.

"Daisy claims they did all a parent can for Selmor in a material way. But child rearing may be more complex than that. The issues at the heart of this dispute are not about music or musical talent. Talent exists in abundance in Selmor and Shami. But ignoring their human side and needs is cruel and unfair."

NORTON - Daisy Mtukudzi has confessed that she was caught off guard by Selmor Mtukudzi’s decision to walk off stage without finishing her set at the inaugural Oliver Mtukudzi International Festival of the Arts (OMIFA), admitting that the incident had left her with egg on her face. “At least the world has witnessed all the drama. I know people will still attack me, but what have I done to deserve this embarrassment? We did our best to accommodate the entire team, but this drama was beyond my control. I will leave it to God and the world to judge us,” she said.

Temba Mliswa: "What Selmor did was not only unfair - holding her fans, her family, her father's legacy and Zimbabwe at whole at ransom. Emotional ransom. Her conduct was also illegal. If I was the legal counsel for the Mtukudzi family trust I would be mulling the mounting of a huge legal suit against her illegal and unprofessional conduct."